It just wasn't meant to be.......

Lucky for me I've seen Eric Church perform 13x since 2006, and feel quite fortunate to have done so.
(Photo: The 2006 'Sinners Tour' - Rochester, MN - 'Down By The Riverside Summer Concert Series)
I can even remember back to a show at The Myth in N. St Paul (w/ Halfway To Hazzard opening) where
there were no more than 30 people in attendance, but Eric & his band played like there was a packed
house.
Despite today's FREE ticketing fiasco, and the NON-receipt of a promised, pre-ordered 'Bundle' from
months ago, please know that this household will continue to support Eric Church, and others in the
recording industry. This household spends thousands of dollars annually in support of LIVE music,
be it ticketing agents, venues, merchandise sellers & manufacturers, and even the travel & hospitality industry.
It is the life-style we have chose, and today, I was not a happy customer. Kudos to the support team for
creating another ticketing opportunity, but now that hotel reservations were cancelled, and work schedules
refilled, I will not attempt it, but instead, wait for another opportunity down the road in 2014.
I think today's ticketing and website issues were clearly predictable based on the meteoric BUZZ on
social media surrounding the release of this record. My only hope is that administrators & support do
what must be done to equal the effort Mr.Church delivers at each, and every one of his performances,
and focus that effort to make sure a 'promised bundle' arrives 'as promised', especially since that
bundle contains the most important element to the big picture, The Outsiders CD, the same CD one
would be listening to as we drive 6.5 hours from SE MN to downtown Chicago, and back.
And please know, FREE or not.....nobody wants to go to a LIVE show alone, especially one that
delivers the intimacy that a Joe's Bar - Chicago does, coupled with the fact that it's Eric 'freaking'
Church on his CD release-run! Really...no guest? Really?
See ya down the road!
'trainwreckradio'
Rochester, MN